THE HIGGS BOSON IS A PARTICLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROUT-ENGLERT-HIGGS FIELD

The fundamental particles, such as electrons and quarks, which make up protons and neutrons, interact with this energy field that is present throughout the Universe, like a kind of web that extends  everywhere. When a particle interacts with the Higgs field, it acquires mass. Without the  Higgs field, the particles would have no mass and could not form atoms: matter would not exist, and neither would  stars or galaxies; no form of life would be possible. Particle  accelerators stimulate the Higgs field so as to create and measure Higgs bosons. In 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson opening a new chapter in particle physics.